People of Medieval Scotland1093 - 1371

Document 3/12/4 (Arb. Lib., no. 85)

Fergus, earl of Buchan, for Arbroath Abbey; he has given and granted, and by his charter established, one mark yearly in perpetual alms on Whitsun.

Firm date

1178 X 1185

Probable date

not 1181 or 1182

Dating Notes

Sir David, brother of the king, is not yet earl of Huntingdon. King William witnesses this charter, but the royal confirmation was not made until about a decade later. _RRS_, ii, no. 300. Note that Bishop Matthew was in exile in 1181 and perhaps 1182.